William Bateson (August 8, 1861 - February 8, 1926) was an English geneticist. He was born in Whitby, educated at Rugby School and St John's College, Cambridge, he popularised the work of Gregor Mendel in the English-speaking world. He then led the Biometrician school of thought against Darwinism, through a feud with the gradualists led by Karl Pearson, which was resolved with the modern evolutionary synthesis.
